Whenever I try to shutdown or reboot my laptop it hangs right after the time spent up log. I have to hard shutdown at that point. Doesn't happen with my desktop...

I found the desktop's shutdown had binary content. On my laptop the file exists but is blank. I was going to copy the file over but ran into ownership problems between the file and my flash drive. I was about to chown the file, but I'm wondering what affect that might have when I replace it in my /sbin directory. Maybe a security issue I don't want.

Still hangs after posting uptime and I have to hit the power button. I was trying to avoid a re-installation but the comment that other files/drivers may be corrupted was a little worrying. Installation is a snap so I'll go that route and report back if it works (or doesn't).

I'm wondering if it has something to do with all the ATI chips onboard... Doesn't play nice with non-winderz OS's apparently.